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Anonymous12/26/25, 16:44No.2308602Northgard
Is this game basically modern iteration of Settlers?
I played it and it feels not as good as dune by same dev.
Any other game besides this, settles and battle realms where you build military units out of basic workers?
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Anon12/26/25, 17:07No.2308619
Cultures, Fate of the Dragon, Stronghold, Original War.
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Anon12/26/25, 17:27No.2308631
I haven't played it but Pioneers of Pagonia came out of early access recently and it suppose to be heavy inspired by the Settlers, even the original creator of the series is on the team, so you might check it out.
>Any other game besides this, settles and battle realms where you build military units out of basic workers?
Battle Realms, you can even set your military units to multiple different training buildings to turn them into advance units, although aside from that the game is very different from the Settlers.
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Anon12/26/25, 21:47No.2308821
The amout of mentionned games with mobile game graphics mentionned in this thread is sickening.
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Anon12/27/25, 07:49No.2309127
I wanted a chill 4x game in real time but micromanaging troops killed it for me. The Devs should have implemented automated battles of some sort.
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Anon12/27/25, 09:15No.2309153
it takes some inspiration from Settlers, but I don't think it's that similar. Compared to The Colonists which is a much more direct spiritual successor to Settlers, if that's what you're looking for.
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Anon12/27/25, 14:37No.2309265
I mean its sad thinking that Dune only got Conquest Mode and skirmish modes, while this got story mode, skirmish, conquest, coop conquest, bilfrost etc. fucking Shiro fucks.
Overall game is fun, there are a LOT of clans that play somewhat differently because of asymmetry caused by few elements being shifted round, and later they added Christian Clans that plays very differently compared to Vikings.
Stag Clan is awesome. it plays like Atreides in Dune Spice Wars, being faction that has very strong economy that also translates to stronger troops as well.
How's board game?
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Anon12/29/25, 18:24No.2311129
Pros of Northgard
>Story mode which doubles as comprehensive tutorial for basic gameplay as well as clan specifics for Stag, Goat, Wolf, Raven, Bear and Boar clans
>more play modes
>more different factions. while compared to dune, each faction is less distinct, considering volume of factions, you have more variety of factions having unique stuff.
>more game modes (story, conquest, bifrost, skirmish) with skirmish allowing up to 8 factions.
>no pause, so game feels more like traditional RPG.
>ability to purchase skins for various heroes using in game currency, earned by playing the damn game.Pros of Dune
>better conquest mode, as it feels way more roguelite, with only predefined missions being faction HQ assaults, compared to more structured missions in Northgard.
>each faction is way more distinct in Dune compared to Northgard clans
>moreover, each faction has custom setup in councilors and heroes as you can pick 2 out 4 for counselors, and 1 out 2 for heroes, each giving you different faction mechanics.
>heroes aren't just beefy statblock units like in northgard, but actually expands your faction's advantages.
>Game feels like 4x, with large scale battles with multiple units, operations, air units etc., compared to warband skirmishes of ~10 guys beating each other in Northgard.
>research tree is more comprehensive compared to simplistic, but quite good Northgard lore mechanic.Northgard is RTS with 4X mechanics, Dune is 4X with RTS mechanics.
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Anon01/01/26, 20:36No.2313417
wish game, at least on single player, had pause. sometimes its too much stuff to handle, esp on extreme.
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Anon01/03/26, 17:25No.2314681
Kingdoms/Neustrian kingdoms (Lion, Hyppogryf, etc) are awesome. Moat kingdom especially. knights surrounded by armies of peasants.
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Anon01/03/26, 17:57No.2314691
agame like this with a similar art style, but instead of Vikangz, featuring all kinds of European and Middle Eastern medieval factions would be kino
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Anon01/10/26, 18:21No.2319128
Northgard is an odd example of a game that got worse over it's development cycle. It was an absolute god tier game in it's first year. Every year after that it got gradually worse.
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Anon01/10/26, 18:49No.2319158
today i finished cross of vidar story mode and here are few musings about it.>I don't understand how Rig went from High King to some weakling easily pushed by the likes of Liv.
>New VA for RIG was mistake.
>Egil seemed retarded thorough whole campaign. first he's ally of Rig, then he becomes villain, and lastly, sacrifices himself for Rig w/o much story behind it. I though that Egil follows the strong, which is why i turned to Sutr, and then jumps in front of Rig, who's weakling by that point. What?
>Final level sword abilities were fun. reminds me somewhat of SC2 Campaign or WC3 where some levels gave you seriously OP abilities or units. Sad that Hildegard or Nominoe don't have those swords on their models in MP, as they could work also with Arthurian myth/Excalibur type of sword. hell, maybe relic for Kingdom factions.
>inclusion of DLC heroes was fun, although a bit more interaction during the mission would be more fun.
>Some maps you play generic Kingdom of the Lion, which has powerful initial faction effect but no unique research or fame thresholds, which is weird, considering they already have Kingdom of Lion and Kernev as factions in other modes although those factions to me, appears to be post-campaign events so i can excuse this.
>still mad about Rig, and no Brand. 1k Fame Brand with Leadership war path and all upgrades is a fucking beast. same for Rig.
>Torfin Inclusion was fun. Swords sucks, Neustria Sucks, I go back into Northgard fight fire giants with my bare hands!
>some levels appear very experimental and remind of SC2. like stealth segment, or MOBA-lite final mission.Overall, I think Rig's Story and Cross of Vidal were good campaigns as it was solid extended tutorial while also explained internal lore reasons why some clans have certain abilities or behave in some ways.
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Anon01/10/26, 18:51No.2319162
>Is this game basically modern iteration of Settlers?
no
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Anon01/16/26, 22:29No.2322813
can you guys give me some tips how to play bifrost solo. lack of special lore for some clans, like stag kinda disturbs my usual build order.
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Anon01/20/26, 08:30No.2324934
>Is this game basically modern iteration of Settlers?
that was my first impression. but it's actually a very cutthroat rts (small mistake? you're dead).
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Anon01/20/26, 08:37No.2324936
at first i thought not having order queueing was a very strange choice. but the main resource you're managing is your attention.